WEBVTT 00:07.650 --> 00:09.872 Good afternoon everybody . It's good to 00:09.872 --> 00:12.094 be here at US Central Command . Admiral 00:12.094 --> 00:14.317 Cooper , the commander of CENTCOM , was 00:14.317 --> 00:16.483 going to be here with me . We just got 00:16.483 --> 00:18.594 done with detailed briefings , but of 00:18.594 --> 00:21.219 course he is busy because CENTCOM , 00:21.309 --> 00:23.365 Central Command will be busy tonight 00:23.620 --> 00:25.842 because President Trump said we will be 00:25.842 --> 00:27.787 hitting Iran hard and we will be , 00:28.079 --> 00:30.780 because Iran has a chance to make a 00:30.780 --> 00:33.750 good deal , a great deal , to codify 00:33.750 --> 00:35.917 what they said they've been willing to 00:35.917 --> 00:38.028 do , and they haven't been willing to 00:38.028 --> 00:40.194 do it , so . As President Trump said , 00:40.194 --> 00:42.361 they've been tap , tap , tapping . You 00:42.361 --> 00:42.000 can see when someone's trying to tap , 00:42.009 --> 00:44.209 tap , tap on a deal . Instead they're 00:44.209 --> 00:46.209 going to have tap , tap , tap bombs 00:46.209 --> 00:48.431 dropping on key facilities in Iran from 00:48.431 --> 00:50.376 the United States of America . And 00:50.376 --> 00:52.487 that's not because we want to restart 00:52.487 --> 00:54.487 anything we don't have to restart . 00:54.487 --> 00:56.153 It's because we are , the War 00:56.153 --> 00:58.376 Department is prepared to set the terms 00:58.376 --> 01:00.542 to ensure that we get the kind of deal 01:00.542 --> 01:02.709 President Trump expects , and Admiral 01:02.709 --> 01:05.019 Cooper and the team here at CENTCOM has 01:05.019 --> 01:07.430 done a phenomenal job from the 01:07.430 --> 01:09.669 beginning on epic fury and through this 01:09.669 --> 01:12.150 blockade , ensuring that we have a 01:12.150 --> 01:14.261 chance to reach that instinct , which 01:14.261 --> 01:16.349 is Iran will never have a nuclear 01:16.349 --> 01:18.682 weapon , which they say they don't want . 01:18.682 --> 01:20.682 And so since we're so close to that 01:20.682 --> 01:23.010 negotiated deal , if that's the case 01:23.010 --> 01:25.232 they should step up and do it . There's 01:25.232 --> 01:27.343 another thing that was revealed today 01:27.343 --> 01:29.566 by the president that the press has not 01:29.566 --> 01:31.510 been aware of , but certainly this 01:31.510 --> 01:33.732 building , the US Central Command , has 01:33.732 --> 01:35.843 known . Is that Project Freedom , the 01:35.843 --> 01:35.629 idea of running ships through the 01:35.629 --> 01:37.959 Strait of Hormuz , it never , never 01:37.959 --> 01:40.015 stopped . It just went underground . 01:40.120 --> 01:42.231 And so there's some things the public 01:42.231 --> 01:44.064 knows and some things the public 01:44.064 --> 01:46.064 doesn't know , but ultimately we've 01:46.064 --> 01:48.064 been protecting commercial shipping 01:48.064 --> 01:50.176 going through the Strait of Hormuz as 01:50.176 --> 01:52.342 the president announced to the tune of 01:52.342 --> 01:54.287 over 100 million barrels that have 01:54.287 --> 01:56.509 moved through and more in the middle of 01:56.509 --> 01:58.398 the night protected by the United 01:58.398 --> 02:00.676 States in a way that Iran can't . Stop . 02:00.676 --> 02:02.787 They can't see it and they can't stop 02:02.787 --> 02:04.564 it . So answer me this . If our 02:04.564 --> 02:06.787 blockade is ironclad , which it is , we 02:06.787 --> 02:09.009 just disabled another tanker attempting 02:09.009 --> 02:11.399 to leave just yesterday . Our blockade 02:11.399 --> 02:13.621 has stopped almost 140 ships attempting 02:13.621 --> 02:16.160 to navigate in or out to Iranian ports . 02:16.479 --> 02:18.646 So if our blockade is ironclad , which 02:18.646 --> 02:20.368 it is , and we're able to move 02:20.368 --> 02:22.479 commercial shipping in and out of the 02:22.479 --> 02:24.550 Strait of Hormuz , who controls the 02:24.550 --> 02:26.717 Strait of Hormuz ? And President Trump 02:26.717 --> 02:28.717 said it and he's right . The United 02:28.717 --> 02:30.828 States of America controls the Strait 02:30.828 --> 02:32.994 of Hormuz . We're able to bring oil in 02:32.994 --> 02:35.161 and out and other things with partners 02:35.161 --> 02:37.106 and have done so now for weeks and 02:37.106 --> 02:39.217 weeks in ways the Iranians don't want 02:39.217 --> 02:41.161 to acknowledge . That's a powerful 02:41.161 --> 02:43.161 reality on the ground . Add that to 02:43.161 --> 02:45.328 what the United States military , with 02:45.328 --> 02:47.509 Central Command did to their navy , to 02:47.509 --> 02:49.842 their air force , to their air defenses , 02:49.869 --> 02:52.147 to their power projection capabilities , 02:52.220 --> 02:54.309 and we know exactly on this ledger . 02:54.809 --> 02:57.639 Who's on the strong end and who is not , 02:57.889 --> 02:59.889 who's had decisive effects and who 02:59.889 --> 03:01.690 can't defend . And so from the 03:01.690 --> 03:03.746 beginning we've shown overwhelmingly 03:03.746 --> 03:05.579 the kind of capabilities the War 03:05.579 --> 03:07.634 Department can bring . This building 03:07.634 --> 03:09.801 continues to plan and so those strikes 03:09.801 --> 03:12.134 that will happen tonight will be strong . 03:12.134 --> 03:14.301 They will be clear . If they happen to 03:14.301 --> 03:16.357 happen tomorrow night , they will be 03:16.357 --> 03:18.357 strong and they will be clear . And 03:18.357 --> 03:20.579 throughout Iran has an opportunity . To 03:20.579 --> 03:22.412 make a deal . That's the point . 03:22.412 --> 03:24.523 President Trump is a deal maker , the 03:24.523 --> 03:26.579 best in the world . He's prepared to 03:26.579 --> 03:28.746 make that deal . Iran would be wise to 03:28.746 --> 03:30.912 take it , otherwise they would have to 03:30.912 --> 03:30.720 deal with the types of plans that I 03:30.720 --> 03:32.942 just had a chance to see inside Central 03:32.942 --> 03:34.998 Command , and I'll end with this . I 03:34.998 --> 03:37.164 had a chance to thank the thousands of 03:37.164 --> 03:38.998 incredible Americans here at the 03:38.998 --> 03:41.220 headquarters that represent the tens of 03:41.220 --> 03:43.220 thousands out in theater , just the 03:43.220 --> 03:45.053 absolute best , dedicated to the 03:45.053 --> 03:47.109 success of this mission . Whether it 03:47.109 --> 03:49.220 was epic fury or the blockade and the 03:49.220 --> 03:51.164 ceasefire and the things that have 03:51.164 --> 03:53.109 happened underneath it to give the 03:53.109 --> 03:55.109 president all the space he needs to 03:55.109 --> 03:54.880 make a great deal , they're 03:54.880 --> 03:56.713 enthusiastic about this historic 03:56.713 --> 03:58.860 mission . They're enthusiastic about 03:58.860 --> 04:01.839 the incredible results that CEO has 04:01.839 --> 04:04.117 shown , and the media wants to spin it . 04:04.279 --> 04:06.390 They always want to make America look 04:06.390 --> 04:08.335 bad . They always want to make the 04:08.335 --> 04:08.080 president look bad and make it look 04:08.080 --> 04:10.247 like he hasn't accomplished incredible 04:10.247 --> 04:13.240 things . What CENTCOM has done here has 04:13.240 --> 04:16.709 been historic . And the military 04:16.709 --> 04:18.820 objectives that they've achieved have 04:18.820 --> 04:21.190 reset the table in this region and set 04:21.190 --> 04:23.670 the table for the kind of movement 04:23.670 --> 04:25.781 through the Strait of Hormuz based on 04:25.781 --> 04:28.059 US control that changes the whole game . 04:28.059 --> 04:30.392 We know how much pressure Iran is under . 04:30.392 --> 04:30.230 It's clear . We see it , we read about 04:30.230 --> 04:32.508 it , we understand it , and so do they , 04:32.508 --> 04:35.070 and they would be wise to make only the 04:35.070 --> 04:37.292 kind of deal that President Trump would 04:37.292 --> 04:39.403 accept , which is a great deal . I'll 04:39.403 --> 04:41.626 take a few questions , Mr . Secretary . 04:41.626 --> 04:43.514 Two questions on Iran . With this 04:43.514 --> 04:45.681 latest response from Iran last night , 04:45.681 --> 04:47.626 have they not clearly violated the 04:47.626 --> 04:49.626 ceasefire ? Have you underestimated 04:49.626 --> 04:51.848 Iran's military resolve ? Like , why do 04:51.848 --> 04:53.903 you keep going back to trying to hit 04:53.903 --> 04:53.200 the same targets ? And furthermore , 04:53.279 --> 04:55.279 you just mentioned it . You said we 04:55.279 --> 04:57.612 were going back to hit the same targets . 04:57.612 --> 04:59.890 Haven't you been ? Most of their shots , 04:59.890 --> 05:02.057 by the way , missed and were shot down 05:02.057 --> 05:04.057 by us , so their efficacy and their 05:04.057 --> 05:05.723 ability to actually strike is 05:05.723 --> 05:07.946 incredibly diminished . Thankfully , so 05:07.946 --> 05:10.001 our air defenders are incredible and 05:10.001 --> 05:09.899 the capabilities we have are incredible . 05:10.299 --> 05:12.577 No one said anything about re-striking , 05:12.577 --> 05:14.743 and we're hitting additional targets . 05:14.743 --> 05:16.855 You reservice them when you have to , 05:16.855 --> 05:18.855 but ultimately we know exactly what 05:18.855 --> 05:21.021 we're hitting and why , and they can't 05:21.021 --> 05:23.188 stop us in that capacity , which means 05:23.188 --> 05:22.540 they're going to be less able to see 05:22.540 --> 05:24.596 and sense the things they want to be 05:24.596 --> 05:26.651 aware of . So furthermore , you just 05:26.651 --> 05:28.762 mentioned you're going to plan to hit 05:28.762 --> 05:30.929 them and strike them hard tonight . If 05:30.929 --> 05:32.984 the response is in hitting bridges , 05:32.984 --> 05:35.096 electrical infrastructure , how would 05:35.096 --> 05:37.096 that not be a war crime potentially 05:37.096 --> 05:39.096 targeting civilian infrastructure ? 05:39.096 --> 05:40.984 Well , it's precisely the kind of 05:40.984 --> 05:40.869 disingenuous question that I'm used to 05:40.869 --> 05:43.869 from the media , impugning the motives 05:43.869 --> 05:46.779 of the folks on our side who are 05:47.309 --> 05:48.976 incredibly . Professional and 05:48.976 --> 05:51.198 incredibly effective , we will hit them 05:51.198 --> 05:54.540 hard on our terms , on the targets that 05:54.540 --> 05:56.429 improve the environment for us to 05:56.429 --> 05:58.040 operate in and undermine the 05:58.040 --> 06:00.207 capabilities that Iran wants to have . 06:00.207 --> 06:02.040 Again , they can't do that to us 06:02.040 --> 06:04.040 meaningfully the way that we can to 06:04.040 --> 06:06.262 them , but we're also clearly signaling 06:06.262 --> 06:08.429 to them you have a choice . You have a 06:08.429 --> 06:10.651 choice to in the way that you respond , 06:10.651 --> 06:12.373 and you have a choice with the 06:12.373 --> 06:14.540 negotiate our incredible negotiating 06:14.540 --> 06:18.179 team . In In Steve Witkoff and Jared 06:18.179 --> 06:20.346 Kushner and the Vice President and the 06:20.346 --> 06:22.346 President across the board prepared 06:22.346 --> 06:24.457 Marco Rubio , the whole team prepared 06:24.457 --> 06:26.679 to make a great deal that would benefit 06:26.679 --> 06:29.500 Iran . They choose not to , and as a 06:29.500 --> 06:31.444 result , they're going to meet the 06:31.444 --> 06:33.444 United States Central Command again 06:33.444 --> 06:35.611 again tonight in the way the president 06:35.611 --> 06:37.556 laid out clearly . Yes . So in the 06:37.556 --> 06:39.667 event that the Iranians don't come to 06:39.667 --> 06:39.019 the table and they keep playing games 06:39.019 --> 06:41.075 and they refuse to make a deal , how 06:41.075 --> 06:42.908 certain are you on our targeting 06:42.908 --> 06:45.075 ability to immediately find Finish off 06:45.075 --> 06:47.019 and execute every remaining senior 06:47.019 --> 06:49.130 leader within the Islamic Republic of 06:49.130 --> 06:51.243 Iran and IRGC . Well , let's just say 06:51.542 --> 06:53.602 this command has used the ceasefire 06:53.942 --> 06:56.703 wisely and with great efficiency to 06:56.703 --> 06:58.481 ensure that we are refining our 06:58.481 --> 07:00.592 intelligence and target sets in a way 07:00.592 --> 07:02.536 that are far , far beyond even the 07:02.536 --> 07:04.647 beginning of epic fury , and that's a 07:04.647 --> 07:06.592 part of what I had a chance to see 07:06.592 --> 07:08.759 today . So when you , when you see the 07:08.759 --> 07:10.592 commencement of epic fury , if a 07:10.592 --> 07:12.703 conflict were to have to recommence , 07:12.703 --> 07:14.870 our ability to target , our ability to 07:14.870 --> 07:14.626 sense . Our ability to see our ability 07:14.626 --> 07:16.705 to get into networks has only been 07:16.705 --> 07:19.026 vastly improved , vastly improved over 07:19.026 --> 07:21.082 time , and that's certainly what the 07:21.082 --> 07:22.970 commanders relayed to me . So the 07:22.970 --> 07:24.970 historic success of Epic Fury would 07:24.970 --> 07:26.748 only be built upon whether it's 07:26.748 --> 07:28.915 personnel , locations , capabilities , 07:28.915 --> 07:31.175 you name it . And again , remember Iran 07:31.175 --> 07:33.453 doesn't have a defense industrial base , 07:33.453 --> 07:35.786 and what they have is extremely limited , 07:35.786 --> 07:37.786 meaning they don't have the ability 07:37.786 --> 07:40.008 right now to make more missiles or make 07:40.008 --> 07:39.665 more drones . What they have is what 07:39.665 --> 07:41.887 they have , and if they've dug it out , 07:41.887 --> 07:43.998 we'll strike it again if we need to . 07:43.998 --> 07:45.943 So we know the terms and we've got 07:45.943 --> 07:48.165 always more capability to bring . Yes , 07:48.165 --> 07:50.332 Mr . Secretary , last night the US hit 07:50.332 --> 07:52.387 nearly 20 targets inside Iran . Will 07:52.387 --> 07:54.570 today's strikes be bigger and what can 07:54.570 --> 07:56.570 you tell us about the status of the 07:56.570 --> 07:58.570 wounded Apache pilots who went down 07:58.570 --> 08:00.626 yesterday ? The Apache pilots are in 08:00.626 --> 08:02.626 good shape . What they did bringing 08:02.626 --> 08:04.959 that thing down was incredible . It was , 08:04.959 --> 08:07.540 it was , you know , just , just class A 08:08.559 --> 08:10.559 work by the great Americans who are 08:10.559 --> 08:12.519 incredibly skilled . People don't 08:12.519 --> 08:14.686 realize , you know , this is , this is 08:14.686 --> 08:16.630 a contested environment , as we've 08:16.630 --> 08:18.630 noted , we're running ships through 08:18.630 --> 08:20.741 Iran , doesn't really know how to see 08:20.741 --> 08:22.760 them or how to sense them , and so 08:22.760 --> 08:25.035 they're they're doing well . In good 08:25.035 --> 08:27.394 spirits and we're grateful for 08:27.394 --> 08:29.561 everything they've done to protect the 08:29.561 --> 08:31.450 shipping and our interests in the 08:31.450 --> 08:31.184 process . What was your first question ? 08:31.234 --> 08:33.456 The strikes tonight ? Are they going to 08:33.456 --> 08:35.401 be bigger , more strikes than last 08:35.401 --> 08:35.385 night ? We're not , we're , as you know , 08:35.594 --> 08:37.761 we're not in the business of revealing 08:37.761 --> 08:39.927 what we're going to do or not going to 08:39.927 --> 08:42.094 do , but ultimately what we do tonight 08:42.094 --> 08:44.114 are going to advance our military 08:44.114 --> 08:46.275 interests and also enhance our 08:46.275 --> 08:48.364 diplomatic position because again , 08:48.434 --> 08:50.490 President Trump , he's willing to go 08:50.490 --> 08:52.835 back and fight as necessary , but has 08:52.835 --> 08:55.289 given Iran . An open hand to make this 08:55.289 --> 08:57.289 deal . It's right there . They have 08:57.289 --> 08:59.456 that chance . They're choosing to play 08:59.456 --> 09:01.511 games . They're choosing to tap . If 09:01.511 --> 09:03.622 they want to tap , then the president 09:03.622 --> 09:05.845 will turn to the War Department . If we 09:05.845 --> 09:07.900 need to negotiate with bombs , we'll 09:07.900 --> 09:10.011 negotiate with bombs , and we're very 09:10.011 --> 09:12.345 good at it . Nobody better in the world . 09:12.345 --> 09:14.456 And again , so we're in lockstep with 09:14.456 --> 09:14.330 the White House , in lockstep with the 09:14.330 --> 09:16.386 negotiating team to make sure we set 09:16.386 --> 09:18.219 the conditions , and the targets 09:18.219 --> 09:20.330 tonight are meant to do that . I know 09:20.330 --> 09:22.663 we spent half the day at Gitmo with you . 09:22.849 --> 09:24.911 There's Still currently 15 prisoners 09:24.911 --> 09:27.022 there , mostly Islamic jihadists . So 09:27.022 --> 09:29.244 given Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's detailed 09:29.244 --> 09:31.355 confessions to orchestrating 9/11 and 09:31.355 --> 09:33.300 other al Qaeda plots , why has the 09:33.300 --> 09:35.522 United States government chosen to keep 09:35.522 --> 09:37.689 him alive and comfortable at Gitmo for 09:37.689 --> 09:39.855 decades along with these other Islamic 09:39.855 --> 09:42.078 jihadists instead of executing them and 09:42.078 --> 09:44.300 delivering justice for the 3000 victims 09:44.300 --> 09:46.244 of 9/11 and the other , you know , 09:46.244 --> 09:48.467 service members who lost their lives in 09:48.467 --> 09:50.522 the war on terror ? I appreciate the 09:50.522 --> 09:50.072 question . There's a reason we started 09:50.072 --> 09:52.552 the day down at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . 09:52.693 --> 09:56.263 In SOCOM is because we want to make 09:56.263 --> 09:58.374 sure Cuba understands that the United 09:58.374 --> 10:00.541 States' capabilities are robust . It's 10:00.541 --> 10:02.763 right in our neighborhood . The Don Roe 10:02.763 --> 10:04.930 doctrine is in full effect , and we're 10:04.930 --> 10:07.152 going to be prepared to defend with all 10:07.152 --> 10:09.207 the capabilities we need there , but 10:09.207 --> 10:08.814 also everything the War Department 10:08.814 --> 10:11.036 could bring to bear . So my message was 10:11.036 --> 10:13.258 clear there and it was great to be with 10:13.258 --> 10:15.592 the Marines and others , do a little PT , 10:15.592 --> 10:17.703 see how fired up they are about their 10:17.703 --> 10:19.870 mission down there . But listen , I've 10:19.870 --> 10:21.925 written extensively about it . These 10:21.925 --> 10:24.036 Gitmo detainees should have been . In 10:24.036 --> 10:26.203 my mind personally a long time ago for 10:26.203 --> 10:26.085 the crimes of what they committed 10:26.085 --> 10:27.752 against the American people . 10:27.752 --> 10:29.863 Unfortunately , the gears of American 10:29.863 --> 10:32.029 justice got gunked up all the way back 10:32.029 --> 10:34.252 to when I was a guard at Guantanamo Bay 10:34.252 --> 10:36.141 in 2004 , 2005 . I was one of the 10:36.141 --> 10:37.974 guards , one of the , you know , 10:37.974 --> 10:40.156 exterior guards , small part in the 10:40.156 --> 10:42.156 first attempts on these trials that 10:42.156 --> 10:44.212 were just starting , and there was a 10:44.212 --> 10:46.434 lot of hope , hey , we might be able to 10:46.434 --> 10:48.545 try these guys swiftly for the crimes 10:48.545 --> 10:47.866 they've committed against the United 10:47.866 --> 10:50.926 States of America and then whether it's 10:50.926 --> 10:53.138 international . Groups or lawyers and 10:53.138 --> 10:55.194 the things on top got layered on top 10:55.194 --> 10:57.360 and it all got stuck . We're committed 10:57.360 --> 11:00.658 to the death penalty in that case and 11:00.658 --> 11:02.602 in many others . We don't have any 11:02.602 --> 11:04.825 interest because it's been , you know , 11:04.825 --> 11:07.047 over two decades . Whatever we can do , 11:07.047 --> 11:09.380 we'll do , but I share your frustration . 11:09.380 --> 11:11.325 Cuba , you mentioned earlier today 11:11.325 --> 11:13.547 about Cuba trying to procure weapons in 11:13.547 --> 11:15.269 terms of potentially for other 11:15.269 --> 11:17.269 countries and the threat that might 11:17.269 --> 11:16.848 pose . Can you expand on that ? Just a 11:16.848 --> 11:18.959 warning , just a warning , you know , 11:19.057 --> 11:22.080 Cuba Cuba is 90 miles away . No country 11:22.080 --> 11:24.320 should live under the threat of those 11:24.320 --> 11:26.431 kinds of capabilities across from the 11:26.431 --> 11:29.359 like look at how like WMDs or I'm not 11:29.359 --> 11:31.581 going to tell you everything about what 11:31.581 --> 11:33.748 I know . There's classifications about 11:33.748 --> 11:33.359 things we know that we don't share with 11:33.359 --> 11:35.526 the press , which is why we're careful 11:35.526 --> 11:37.859 about press credentials at the Pentagon . 11:37.859 --> 11:37.320 There's a lot of things that the 11:37.320 --> 11:39.376 American people and the public don't 11:39.376 --> 11:41.487 necessarily need to know . All I know 11:41.487 --> 11:43.598 is 90 miles away from our shores , we 11:43.598 --> 11:45.487 shouldn't be tolerating any other 11:45.487 --> 11:47.542 country putting systems there . Just 11:47.542 --> 11:49.542 think about what you know we see it 11:49.542 --> 11:51.709 playing out in CENTCOM . When you have 11:51.709 --> 11:53.820 weapons that can range like that , it 11:53.820 --> 11:56.042 creates factors you have to deal with . 11:56.042 --> 11:58.042 So our message to Cuba is don't get 11:58.042 --> 12:00.042 into that game . Don't get into the 12:00.042 --> 12:02.264 game where you're threatening Americans 12:02.264 --> 12:04.376 or the American homeland because that 12:04.376 --> 12:06.431 won't go well for them . Clearly you 12:06.431 --> 12:08.542 must believe that there's a risk that 12:08.542 --> 12:10.764 Russia or China , well , there's always 12:10.764 --> 12:13.042 a risk . There's always a risk , right ? 12:13.042 --> 12:12.284 And we're monitoring the entire . of 12:12.284 --> 12:14.284 the globe . I'm not speaking to any 12:14.284 --> 12:16.117 specific intelligence . I'm just 12:16.117 --> 12:18.228 acknowledging the fact that there's a 12:18.228 --> 12:20.340 lot of pressure on the regime in Cuba 12:20.340 --> 12:22.562 right now and rightfully so . They have 12:22.562 --> 12:24.784 big decisions that they should make and 12:24.784 --> 12:26.617 sometimes leaders make the wrong 12:26.617 --> 12:28.895 decision when there's pressure on them , 12:28.895 --> 12:28.645 and we would encourage them not to go 12:28.645 --> 12:30.812 in that direction , which only creates 12:30.812 --> 12:32.867 the kind of threat the United States 12:32.867 --> 12:35.089 may have to deal with , and we have all 12:35.089 --> 12:36.923 the options we need in that a US 12:36.923 --> 12:38.867 military operation to remove . The 12:38.867 --> 12:41.909 communist regime in Cuba and what would 12:41.909 --> 12:43.909 happen per se and how long would it 12:43.909 --> 12:46.076 take to , you know , reestablish order 12:46.076 --> 12:48.298 if President Trump were to decide to do 12:48.298 --> 12:50.520 a capture or kill operation with Miguel 12:50.520 --> 12:52.576 Diaz Canal like he did with Maduro . 12:52.576 --> 12:55.020 All I would say is options , options , 12:55.309 --> 12:57.789 options . Our job is to present options 12:57.789 --> 13:00.190 at different scales depending on where 13:00.190 --> 13:02.357 the commander in chief , the president 13:02.357 --> 13:04.468 of the United States wants to go . So 13:04.468 --> 13:03.695 capture and kill is still . We've got 13:03.695 --> 13:07.335 options all over the map just like 13:07.335 --> 13:09.502 we've got lots of options in CENTCOM . 13:09.934 --> 13:12.156 That's our job . Our building literally 13:12.156 --> 13:14.156 plans for a living . So besides the 13:14.156 --> 13:16.156 Pentagon , no one plans better than 13:16.156 --> 13:18.267 United States Central Command . So to 13:18.267 --> 13:20.267 kind of bring it back home to while 13:20.267 --> 13:22.212 we're here , those options are all 13:22.212 --> 13:24.267 those options are on the table . The 13:24.267 --> 13:26.378 president expects us to be strong and 13:26.378 --> 13:28.490 resolute with the way that we respond 13:28.490 --> 13:30.378 and bring firepower , and we will 13:30.378 --> 13:29.294 certainly do that .